Jen Powers

The Bells of Strasbourg, by Matthew J. Rolin track by Matthew J. Rolin

loving these in situ / field recordings paired with pedal steel meditations that matthew rolin's been doing. "the bells of strasbourg" came out of that recent winged wheel european tour. there's also one called "erie" that you should check out matthewjrolin.bandcamp.com/track/the-be...

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Vinyl copies of ATRIUM, Wednesday Knudsen’s double LP masterwork of drone, sonic texture, and deep time are now available at long last! 🎷💛🧡💜

Thanks for your patience as we worked out these pressing plant issues. Get your copy: wednesdayknudsen.bandcamp.com/album/atrium-2

Desert So Green, by Winged Wheel 9 track album

rec of the day: WINGED WHEEL "desert so green" (12XU LP) 3rd dashing album from a scattered troupe (now including steve shelley) who recorded this one in person. sweet cluttered groove-rock w/ krautly post-punk/psych splat & dream pop icing. real damn good.
wingedwheel.bandcamp.com/album/desert...

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Impeccable bill ✨

Due to shitty newish state law, I would have to verify my identity on here to be able to read DMs. Absolutely not doing that ✨ If you need to reach me, I’m page43 on IG. Or ask a head for my email address 😌

I’m sorry Matt and I can’t make it out, but our thoughts are with you—sending love and warmth! 💖

Funnily enough, I just listened to this for the first time in ages the other night driving home from work in a minor snow storm ✨

César Aira — The Hare* Paul Bowles — Midnight Mass* Robert Aickman — Cold Hand in Mine* César Aira — Fulgentius Joy Williams — Taking Care* Djuna Barnes — I Am Alien to Life Muriel Spark — Memento Mori Leonora Carrington — The Stone Door* Stephen King — The Eyes of the Dragon* Mervyn Peake — Titus Groan*

Stanley Crawford — Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine* Stephen King — The Shining* Stephen King — The Wind Through the Keyhole* Stephen King — Under the Dome* Harald Voetmann — Visions and Temptations Jean Stafford — The Mountain Lion* Ambrose Bierce — The Ghost Stories of Ambrose Bierce John Gardner — Freddy’s Book* John Williams — Stoner* Dorothy Macardle — The Uninvited

Daphne du Maurier — Frenchman’s Creek* Daphne du Maurier — Jamaica Inn Truman Capote — In Cold Blood Stephen King — Elevation William Faulkner — The Sound and the Fury Duncan Williamson — The Broonie, Silkies & Fairies Henri Bosco — The Child and the River Graciliano Ramos — São Bernardo* César Aira — Ghosts* Olga Tokarczuk — House of Day, House of Night*

Bohumil Hrabal — Cutting it Short Tarjei Vesaas — The Ice Palace* Anna Kavan — Ice Dino Buzzati — The Singularity Leonora Carrington — Down Below* Ave Barrera — The Forgery Roberto Bolaño — The Return* Roberto Bolaño — Monsieur Pain* César Aira — How I Became a Nun Muriel Spark — The Abbess of Crewe Ángel Bonomini — The Novices of Lerna [and selected stories]*

Books I read this year. Asterisks mark what I particularly enjoyed [2/2]

Ursula K. Le Guin — The Daughter of Odren* Ursula K. Le Guin — The Word for World is Forest Muriel Spark — The Ghost Stories of Muriel Spark* Ray Bradbury — Dandelion Wine Angélica Gorodischer — Kalpa Imperial* Italo Calvino — Invisible Cities* Heinrich von Kleist — Michael Kohlhaas Mariana Enríquez — The Dangers of Smoking in Bed* Jean Giono — A King Alone* Carson McCullers — The Heart is a Lonely Hunter*

Gerardo Sámano Córdova — Monstrilio Paul Bowles — The Sheltering Sky* Paul Bowles — The Delicate Prey and Other Stories* Agatha Christie — Crooked House Tarjei Vesaas — The Birds* José Donoso — The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria Muriel Spark — The Public Image* Emmanuel Bove — Henri Duchemin and His Shadows Penelope Fitzgerald — The Gate of Angels* Juan Emar — Ten

Juan Rulfo — Pedro Páramo* Paul Bowles — Points in Time Claire Keegan — So Late in the Day Tomás González — Fog at Noon Jean Giono — Second Harvest* Dino Buzzati — Catastrophe and Other Stories* Fleur Jaeggy — S. S. Proleterka* ‘Pemi Aguda — Ghostroots Muriel Spark — Not to Disturb Mariana Enríquez — A Sunny Place for Shady People*

Miroslav Krleža — On the Edge of Reason* Philip Pullman — The Secret Commonwealth* Philip Pullman — Lyra’s Oxford Adolfo Bioy Casares — The Invention of Morel Muriel Spark — The Comforters Paul Auster — City of Glass* Paul Auster — Ghosts* Kingsley Amis — The Green Man* Paul Auster — The Locked Room* Jean Giono — The Man Who Planted Trees

Books I read this year. Asterisks mark what I particularly enjoyed [1/2]

Nothing like in-fighting in a corner that’s already neglected by the masses. We’re all annoyed by parts—and people!!—of “the underground scene,” but some of us have the grace to talk about that shit privately. Public griping is best employed against the truly overhyped/bloated success story types.

If we can make it work, we gladly will! I’ll reach out to him.

Sending you a lot of love, Jennifer. ❤️

MY BOY 💘

Yes! I was hunched down behind Shannon, ineptly playing a little synth I borrowed from him 😌

This was so unbelievably wild! With a sit in from @jenpowers.bsky.social and @matthewjrolin.bsky.social if memory serves me right!??! One of the high lights of many that weekend!

Flyer with a black and white photo of synths, amp heads, speakers, etc and text that reads “Bitchin Bajas” at the top and “Powers Rolin Duo December 6 • Beachland Tavern” at the bottom

Last show of the year for Matt and me tonight ✨ We play at 8:15 and Bajas around 9ish

The album Bajascillators by Bitchin Bajas is displayed.

Bitchin Bajas - Bajascillators

Tonight @beachlandcle.bsky.social with Powers/Rolin Duo

@jenpowers.bsky.social @matthewjrolin.bsky.social

#firstrecordoftheday

It won’t accept my alt-text as far as I can tell, so here it is: A glittering, star-shaped, multicolor LED-lit tree topper rotating within a star-shaped frame

‘T is the reason for the season (being really tacky) 🪄

So classic, ugh ❤️

Same—there’s just no comparison!

Yeah, I guess they did it for the 25th anniversary. It’s on Steam. Such an influential part of my pre-teen years, lol

Wasn’t aware until yesterday of the OG Sims getting resurrected near the beginning of the year. HUGE NEWS—been waiting to hear that moody and wistful Build Mode music again for literally 20 years 😭

Truly!

Just totally autopilot/no brain activity detected quality stuff, there simply to fill up space

I feel like half of the curatorial accounts I follow on IG and elsewhere use AI for captions now and it sucks so much :(

I would occasionally find myself writing in a tone not entirely unlike that in college, and it was always a sure fire indicator that I absolutely did not give a shit about the subject matter.

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